Category: General
Sakhawat calls for US investment in jute sector
Textiles and Jute Adviser Brigadier General (R.) Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain today urged the United States to invest in Bangladesh’s jute and jute products producing industries describing it as a very promising sector.
‘I call upon the United States to co…
Automated govt financial services curbing resource misuse, corruption: Salehuddin
Adviser to the interim government on the Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed today highlighted the crucial role of automated government financial services in curbing resource misuse and corruption.
He noted that integrating variou…
Prof Yunus envisions a new nation in conversation with NPR
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus saw the trajectory of his life change after student-led protests this summer resulted in his installation as the interim leader of Bangladesh.
NPR, an American public broadcasting organization, released the i…
Bangladesh ranks 9th among countries at the highest risk of climate-induced disasters: ILO Report
Bangladesh has the 5th largest population in the Asia and the Pacific region and ranks 9th worldwide among countries at the highest risk of climate-induced disasters such as tropical cyclones, tornadoes, floods, coastal and riverbank erosion, droughts…
3 BNP activists’ families in Kushtia file cases, years after they were killed in ‘crossfires’
Six years after three BNP workers were killed in what police passed off as separate ‘crossfires’, their families on Monday filed official complaints accusing several police officers and local political figures.
The complaints were lodged at Daulatpur…
MSF sees lack of effective measures by BSF to stop border incidents
The Manabadhikar Shongskriti Foundation (MSF), a rights organization, stated on Monday that the ongoing incidents of killings, torture, and abductions along the Bangladesh-India border persist due to the lack of effective measures by the Indian Border…
Preparations afoot for smooth Durga Puja celebration in Netrakona
All-out preparations for celebrating the Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community with pomp and gaiety, are nearing completion here.
Sources at District Puja Udjapan Parishad office said the Durga Puja festival will …
Search on for seven people missing in landslide at Jugal
Seven people are still missing in a landslide that occurred Saturday at Tegagaun, Jugal rural municipality-3 in Sindhupalchowk district.
The rural municipality-3 ward chair Laxman Lama Dong said the seven, who left for their village from Tembathang o…